BEIJING: China’s capital city is offering subsidies for purchases of new-energy vehicles to replace old cars, the latest attempt by local authorities to boost consumption in a slowing economy. The financial aid provided by the city of Beijing ranges ...
Oil prices settled mixed on Thursday as supply concerns and geopolitical tension in Europe got the upper hand over the economic fears dogging financial markets as inflation soars. Brent crude fell 6 cents to settle at $107.45 a barrel. ...
China’s Human Horizons, under its HiPhi brand, has announced that its premium all-electric vehicle, known initially by its prototype name HiPhi 1, will be renamed the HiPhi X. It will be launched at the 2020 Beijing Auto Show in ...
Chinese technology giant Baidu has rolled out the world’s first fleet of self-driving taxis over the weekend in Beijing, marking an important milestone for the autonomous driving industry. This past weekend saw Baidu launch its autonomous taxi service, which gives ...
The 2019 Lexus ES 350 F Sport (foreground) and ES 350 launch the brand’s seventh-generation mid-size luxury sedan the goes on sale in September.
Tailored exclusively for China, the Hyundai Lafesta sedan premiered at the Auto China 2018 show in Beijing.
The world reveal of the Touareg, Volkswagen’s flagship, will be held March 23 in Beijing.
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The Chinese state-owned company BAIC has held 9.98 percent of Daimler since 2019, the German carmaker said Monday, making it the single largest shareholder in the group. “BAIC’s shareholding is a reflection of their commitment to our joint successful ...
Daimler announced that its Chinese partner BAIC has already held a voting share of 9.98 per cent in its own group since 2019. This is about twice as much as previously known. In return, the Stuttgart-based company holds 9.55 ...
Two companies developing self-driving cars in China were given permission last week to remove the safety driver from behind the steering wheel for the first time. The permission was granted by officials in Beijing to technology giant Baidu and ...
China has officially taken the next step in its journey to a driverless robotaxi future. Two autonomous rideshare companies, Pony.ai and Baidu’s Apollo Go, have been officially approved to begin using their SAE Level 4 autonomous robotaxi fleets on public ...
Baidu said 10 of its autonomous vehicles would offer such rides. Baidu and Pony.ai said on Thursday they had received permits to deploy robotaxis without humans in the driving seat on open Chinese roads for the first time, in ...
China has issued Baidu and Pony.ai with permits to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public on open roads in Beijing. This regulatory approval marks a significant milestone for the autonomous ride-hailing industry in China, indicating a regulatory openness to ...
The organisers have said that the new dates will be announced later, once the situation is under control Organisers of the Beijing Auto Show 2022 have announced that the motor show, which was earlier scheduled to be held in ...
We focus on some of the key aspects that should be taken into consideration by first-time car buyers when they are looking at entry-level BAIC models. BAIC recently expanded their product range to offer an SUV in addition to the ...
Organizers of the Beijing auto show, officially Auto China, announced on Sunday that this year’s show, which was scheduled for April 21-30, has been postponed indefinitely. Via a WeChat post, the organizers cited the rising number of Covid-19 cases ...
The Beijing Auto Show has been indefinitely postponed amidst concerns over a coronavirus outbreak. China has been struggling to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay once again which has prompted event organisers to indefinitely postpone pending shows in the ...
The show was supposed to kick off on April 21. Back to where it all started, China is once again having major issues with controlling the coronavirus pandemic. The automotive industry is among the first to be impacted by the ...
The Beijing Motor Show has been postponed again thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, marking the second time in as many attempts where the event has been affected. In February 2020, the Beijing Motor Show (Auto China 2020) was cancelled due ...
The 2020 Auto China in September of that year. — Reuters BEIJING: Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, have postponed the event due to a recent flare-up of Covid-19 cases in ...
Nothing is official yet, though. The world has finally started recovering from the spread of coronavirus over the last few weeks with nearly all restrictions being canceled in many regions around the globe. It’s not all roses, though, as the ...
Reports in China suggest discussions to reschedule the biannual event are ongoing The 2022 Beijing motor show could be postponed because of the growing number of Covid-19 cases in China, Reuters has reported. The event’s host, Auto China, has yet to ...
Good morning and welcome to our daily digest of automotive news from around the globe, starting with… 2022 Beijing Auto Show Could Be Postponed Due To Covid-19 Outbreak In China Covid looks like it’s about to rear its ugly head ...
SHANGHAI: Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, said today that they will postpone the event until further notice due to the Covid-19 resurgence across the country. “We will pay close attention ...
Event postponed due to virus surge in China, with new date yet to be confirmed The 2022 Beijing motor show has been officially postponed because of the growing number of Covid-19 cases in China. Reports circulating earlier this month suggested the ...
The company completed the business registration of its EV unit in late August. Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp will build a plant that can produce 300,000 vehicles annually in Beijing for its electric vehicle unit, authorities in the capital ...
Chinese tech group Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai have won approval to launch paid driverless robotaxi services that will see the firms deploy not more than 100 vehicles in an area in China’s capital Beijing. The state-backed Beijing ...
Good morning and welcome to our daily digest of automotive news from around the globe, starting with… Ford Patents Hydrogen-Powered Engine That Could Save The V8 According to documents discovered by Muscle Cars and Trucks, Ford has patented a hydrogen engine ...
The BAIC Group has released a handful of teasers of its next off-road-oriented SUV dubbed the BJ60. The Chinese car manufacturer already produces a number of other SUVs, including the BJ40 and BJ80, and as its name suggests, the BJ60 ...
Visitors gather around the Faraday Future FFZERO1 electric concept car during the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing April 25, 2016. — Reuters file pic BEIJING, March 25 — Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be ...
The 2022 Beijing Auto Show scheduled to start on April 21 will likely be postponed due to a spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, according to multiple reports. China is currently experiencing its worst wave of the coronavirus since ...
The biennial Beijing auto show, which is scheduled to begin on April 21 in the Chinese capital, is expected to be postponed due to surging coronavirus infections in multiple cities across China. Internal discussions are ongoing to reschedule the ...
Volkswagen’s upcoming concept will be the latest addition to the brand’s ID. lineup Volkswagen has confirmed the arrival of a new concept car at April’s Beijing Motor Show, which will preview the next member of the all-electric ID. line-up. Teased ...
The first few, aka teaser, images of the upcoming EV by Gemotery are here. The small all-electric crossover will be called “E” after the Chinese automaker changed the plans of going ahead with the name Thunder Tiger, as reported by ...
Although all eyes were on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February, not many had noticed that had been quietly proving to the world how efficient its Farizon C12F hydrogen fuel cell buses were. Geely’s commercial vehicle brand Farizon ...
Shell has started production of green hydrogen at 20 MW capacity Zhangjiakou City, 180 km from Beijing. The facility is one of the largest electrolysers in the world for green hydrogen, powered by onshore wind farms, is sufficient to ...
The Polestar 1 will be displayed at the Beijing for Auto China 2018 (a.k.a. Beijing International Automotive Exhibition), from 25 April to 4 May. This follows its global media debut in Shanghai last October as well as a successful ...
With a 2.0-litre VTEC Turbo engine under the bonnet driving all four wheels via a nine speed automatic transmission, this five-seater Honda Avancier is Honda’s latest flagship SUV for China. Like many other markets, the SUV segment is one of ...
After months of spyshots overload, many of which we strongly believe were planted by Mazda themselves, the Mazda CX-4 has finally made its world debut at the 2016 Beijing Auto Show. The CX-4 will go on sale in China in ...